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Thursday, 22 December 2016

'Tis the Season to be Jolly

This next card was my start into next years Christmas cards. I ordered the stamp and it cameo late for this years cards and its so cute I thought I would get started colouring. If you know Stamping Bella you will recognise this as one of hers. The little chickie laying on the ground is a stamp on its own and you can stamp anywhere.

I die cut the tag then stamped and coloured with Copics finishing off

the christmas lights with Wink of Stella.

Love them, so cute and easy to colour.

Trying to decide if I want to add anything else, plenty of time to

decide on that later. Cant believe I have actually started on my next years

cards, but there's a first time for everything.

Next up, I found in my box of pre -cut die cuts a pile of pieces

for

this stunning looking Christmas snowflake/decoration. They are cut from

glitter paper, cardstock and foam.

This photo is a bit blurry, its hard to get the camera to focus with all

the glitter.

But they are extremely pretty and I had a lot of fun putting them

all together.

The die used is from Reverse Confetti

As you can see here they give you ideas on how to

layer the pieces. I ended up cutting lots of pieces and found it

could be rather a pain as the little pieces are what really make

these look good but they are only one offs so thats lots

of times through the machine.

I found it easier to to add sparkle by adding gems. I have made these full size and

added a full size on back. I will add to a card for christmas with removable tape next year

so its a card but also a gift. Three made and hopefully I will get more made as they

would make lovely gifts I think.

Now to end my post a couple of photos of some trees out front that have just seeded, its only for a few days before the berries come in. The wild birds love it and I woke to my son telling me about the noise of hundreds of them raiding the trees. Of course as soon as I went out the door to take a photo they flew off in all directions so I only caught a few cheeky ones

Today there is no white fluff left at all. They will be back as soon as the berries come in and the trees will heave with their colour and noise. Aren't they beautiful.

Love that sweet Stamping Bella image Aileen - what a beauty! Good on you starting cards for next year already - very impressive! Bet you couldn't resist with that sweet image. Merry Christmas Aileen! :)

I don't know what to concentrate on more, that darling little reindeer in a muddle of lights or those gorgeous birds. How fun that must be to see them right outside your door. I'm a bird lover and it's one of my greatest joys to watch them feed. A very Merry Christmas to you and your family, Aileen.

Wow, those birds are gorgeous, we never get anything as colourful here! Great Christmas makes, can't believe you've started on next year's stash already! Hope you have a fabulous Christmas x PS congrats on your win over at Happy Little Stampers :)

What a fun and colorful post, Aileen! Your card would be perfect for a Happy New Year card, lol! They look like they know how to celebrate!! Your schparkly ornaments are divine! And the bird ... If I lived there, I would not get ANYTHING done except stare at these delightful creatures! Now that Christmas is over, it's time to say send this with Happy New Year Hugs! Darnell

Wonderful projects Aileen, that chrissie card looks like how I felt this xmas lol!! Thanks for your kind words, life can be so full on sometimes but I'm determined that the new year will be a happy one! :) Cathy x

INSPIRATION

My inspiration over the years has been a number of different people who's blogs I have followed on a regular basis for many many years.

I have met a number of wonderful women who were always happy to help me with suggestions, links, ideas and sometimes just a kind word.

I love this world I have been welcomed into and there are so many I wish I could thank personally, just to let you know how much I appreciated your help and praise but the list is so long I honestly don't know where to start.

I will always try to acknowledge where I saw an idea or when I have CASEd or CAS. Because I have been looking for so long I am going to have memory gaps or lost links so please forgive me.

If you see something I have made and think you know the link please share with me so I can properly acknowledge the person who inspired me.